BREWSTER, Wash. -- It was a question David McLay Kidd was ready, maybe even eager, to answer. Yes, Gamble Sands is a true links golf course. "As a Scotsman, I have the right to defend it," said Kidd, architect of Gamble Sands Golf Course in Brewster, Wash. , the newest course in the … [Read more...]
The Firestorm Tour, Day One: Red sun through the smoke
PATEROS, Wash.-- It was calm and normal on the road -- if thorny traffic on I-90 is as bad as it gets in a day, a guy doesn't have much to complain about on the way to the hardest-hit town from the worst wildfire in Washington state history. If we hadn't known we were getting close, … [Read more...]
The Firestorm Tour: A new view
THE ONLY RIGHT NAME is The Firestorm Tour, and in choosing what to call this annual road trip we are not making light of the brutal wildfires that changed landscapes and changed lives in north-central Washington state in July. As usual, golf is at the center of the tour, first at the … [Read more...]
Howling in a new era: We could get used to it
We are, for the most part, what we are – a demographic. As such, you would think we’d act our age. Oh, hell no. We weren’t partying on a deck hanging over the Hood Canal tidelands, and we had to pay actual money to rent the house, but there were tradeoffs: location, location, and location. You … [Read more...]
The Bandon experience, Day 2: Bandon Trails
It can’t be said our waterproof gear failed, really. It just didn’t work, against the insistent rain, the weighty rain, the damned and damnable rain that blew in our faces and seeped down our necks, that sloshed over our shoes and rendered meaningless their two-year waterproof warranties. By the … [Read more...]
The Bandon experience, Day 1: Bandon Dunes
Along about the time we were getting serious about making plans, weighing dates and times and all the minutiae, one of us had a medical episode. It wasn't serious, though it could have been, and it was timed so badly I had to laugh. This is the same guy who often says, We gotta do these things, … [Read more...]
U.S. Open, Day 2: The Kaymer wave
Pinehurst No. 2, Friday, June 13 3:00 p.m. PDT: Free fall Phil With Kaymer posting a second-straight 65, Phil Mickelson would love to be one of the players putting pressure on the auto-cruising German. But Mickelson is spinning his wheels at 2-over par through 15. Graeme McDowell is sharp in … [Read more...]
It’s U.S. Open week: Day 1
Pinehurst No. 2, Thursday, June 12 5:10 p.m. PDT: Kaymer Martin Kaymer once clearly aspired to Fashion Leader status. You could tell by those scarf/dickie/cravat things he used to wear when he played, to which the Grey Goatee fashion committee said, "Hell, no." Now, the 29-year-old German wears … [Read more...]
Teacher’s Corner: Cassidy, Lesson 2
NEVER LET IT BE SAID this game is simple. John Cassidy, the teacher in this little drama, says often: “Golf is hard.” He makes it look so easy. Cassidy, of course, is not just Dr. John, teacher to the stars (and lowlife bloggers). He’s a player, in fact champion week before last against a … [Read more...]
This damn game 6: Dawn Patrol, with woodpecker
IN THE EARLY MORNING, some days, the dew glistens in the brilliant sunshine and makes a golf ball disappear in plain sight, like it was just another point of light among millions. Today was cloudy, more burnished silver than yellow-gold shiny, and golf balls were easier to find in the odd places … [Read more...]
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